By signing this, he forces the Republican Party to endorse him if he wins. I believe this backfired on whomever tried to advocate this because now all the other candidates must sign the very same pledge
I imagine all the other candidates already have signed the pledge. The only reason this is a big deal is because of the rampant speculation that he would continue to run as an independent should he lose the GOP nomination. This would seem to end that.
I'm convinced he's a staunch Democrat that is playing double agent to fuck up the GOP..if Romney enters the race, Trump will be crushed
Romney is old news these days. I still think it will end up being the most boring outcome ever though: Bush vs. Clinton.
True, but there was a lot of speculation that electorates would not support trump. Doing this forces them to support him if he wins
I highly doubt that, but I believe democrats would love Romney representing the GOP. Democrats fear the TRUMP!
I appreciate that--thank you. And just to clarify, I hope you understand that I wasn't asking for a link because I didn't believe you; but simply because I hadn't seen/heard that POV anywhere, so I wanted to analyze it for myself.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...p-wont-win-republican-presidential-nomination maybe it was the endorsements and I misunderstood. I will still try and find the other. Trump does not have the support he needs from the Republican party to win the Republican nomination. Karol’s 2008 book, The Party Decides, which he co-authored with the political scientists Marty Cohen, Hans Noel and John Zaller, analyzes presidential nomination races from 1980 to 2004 and concludes that “early endorsements in the invisible primary are the most important cause of candidate success in the state primaries and caucuses”. More important than total fundraising, more important than what the prediction markets say – and more important than polls. Endorsements matter not only because they point to who insiders think will win, but also because the people who make endorsements – other elected officials – can influence the outcome of the race by strengthening a candidate’s local ground game, promoting the candidate to fellow party leaders and pitching the candidate to voters.
OK--so reading that, it sounds like it's more talking about local level elected officials promoting the GOP candidate they wanted to win their local primaries. I don't see anything in there that would relate to a major lack of support for Trump were he to win the GOP nomination.
From what I understand, this is something new that was brought about because of Trumps hesitancy to commit. The GOP just created the document and have distributed only within the past day or so. Good for The Donald. Once again keeping the status quot off guard.
Meh...Talk of Romney does nothing for me. I feel he would have done a fine job four years ago, but is refusal to take obama to task projected a lack of will. I dont want to see a repeat of that ever again.